People group profile · PG022695
The Nusa Laut of Indonesia
The Nusa Laut of Indonesia, numbering about 3,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Indonesia.
They are an indigenous people in the Maluku-Central people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Ambonese Malay.
Fast facts
- Country
- Indonesia
- Population
- 3,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Maluku-Central
- Primary language
- Ambonese Malay (abs)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Maluku province: Maluku Tengah regency, Lease islands and Nusa Laut island in Titawai village
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nusa Laut are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Nusa Laut
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
40% adherents
Primary language
Ambonese Malay · Austronesian family
100% speak Ambonese Malay
Gospel resources in Ambonese Malay
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nusa Laut
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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